"In the future, I am afraid that this railway will also fall on him. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info" Li Hongzhang looked at the "Weiyuan" ship and said to himself.

Zhou Fu was slightly surprised when he heard Li Hongzhang's words, and was about to ask carefully, but saw a convoy in the distance slowly heading towards the dock, knowing that Lin Yizhe had arrived. and Li Hongzhang greeted him.

Thinking that Li Hongzhang was waiting here, just to meet Lin Yizhe without being impeached by the officials, Zhou Fu couldn't help but sigh secretly.

When Lin Yizhe returned from Europe, he was ordered to go to Beijing to report on his majesty's work, and he sailed directly to Tianjin on the "Weiyuan" ship. According to common sense, Lin Yizhe and Li Hongzhang exchanged letters for a long time, and because of Li Hongzhang's protection of Zeng Guofan, the relationship can be said to be extraordinary. But Lin Yizhe did not go to visit Li Hongzhang, got off the boat and went straight to the capital, and Li Hongzhang did not go to meet Lin Yizhe. The two coincidentally chose not to see each other, as if they had a tacit understanding.

And when Lin Yizhe returned to Tianjin after seeing his majesty in Beijing, he still did not mean to see Li Hongzhang, and Li Hongzhang did not send him any invitation, but only prepared supplies for Lin Yizhe at the order of the imperial court and prepared to sail.

In the end, Li Hongzhang decided to take this opportunity to meet Lin Yizhe at the dock.

Zhou Fu understands that the reason why Li Hongzhang is like this is to prevent the Qingliu people from being impeached for forming a party for personal gain!

And Lin Yizhe's surprising cooperation with Li Hongzhang is also for the same reason!

Just as Zhou Fu thought, Lin Yizhe, who was in the carriage at this time, thought of the upcoming meeting with Li Hongzhang, and his heart was also full of mixed feelings.

From the time he crossed over to the present, he has been able to deeply understand what a powerful and stubborn conservative force Li Hongzhang, who is the "mainstay" of the Westernization faction.

"My lord, the dock has arrived." The groom who was driving the car said to Lin Yizhe outside.

Lin Yizhe got out of the carriage and saw Li Hongzhang and several Tianjin local officials standing on the dock against the cold wind, and he couldn't help but feel a little excited, and immediately walked up quickly.

How many times before, Lin Yizhe had imagined the scene of the two meeting countless times.

And when he met Zeng Guofan that time, he was not as excited as he is now.

The "first person in the late Qing Dynasty", who had been in the limelight for nearly 40 years, finally appeared in front of Lin Yizhe.

Lin Yizhe hurriedly stepped forward a few times, and Li Hongzhang saw that he seemed to be running over, he was stunned at first, and then smiled.

"Li Hongzhang must be a figure in thousands of years of Chinese history, and there is no doubt about it; Li Hongzhang must be a figure in the history of the world in the 19th century, and there is no doubt about it. -- With the arrogance of Liang Qichao, who was included in the textbook of his famous work "Juvenile China Says", I also want to give Lin Yizhe the first person in the late Qing Dynasty who was "politically a public enemy with him, and his personal relationship is not deep"!

Thinking that Li Hongzhang was later dubbed a "traitor" by mainstream historians -- almost a traitor would be called Li Hongzhang, Lin Yizhe's heart ached again.

Lin Yizhe, who was in a slightly heavy mood, carefully looked at this famous minister of the late Qing Dynasty, who could be called almost half of China's modern history -- Li Hongzhang in front of him had a large and square forehead, a towering forehead, a pair of black burning eyes under his long eyebrows, the corners of his eyes were slightly upturned, his nose was round, his ears were large and close to his head, his mouth was square and broad, and his lips were flush up and down -- in a word, this was definitely an unforgettable face, and there were many differences from the old historical photos he had seen in the original time and space.

It is now January 1873, and according to the Gregorian calendar, Li Hongzhang, who was born on February 15, 1823, has entered the 50th year of his life at this time. Thinking that there were still more than 20 years before he broke the halberd at this time, Lin Yizhe's heart calmed down a little.

Li Hongzhang also looked at Lin Yizhe in front of him curiously, he noticed that there seemed to be tears flashing in the corners of this young man's eyes, and he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

On a winter morning, there was not much sunlight in the hazy sky, and Lin Yizhe's heart was as heavy as the gray sky at this time.

Because in front of his eyes, as if a movie was playing, there were many scenes of Li Hongzhang's life.

On the surface of the Yellow Sea, the remnants of the First Sino-Japanese War have long disappeared, only a little bit of gray smoke, Li Zhongtang has never come back with great fanfare in the past five years, look at the fort he personally erected, look at the ammunition depot he personally supervised, and regain the expectations of tens of millions of people.

Jiawu! Jiawu!

At the time of Maguan, especially the alliance under the city, today it is a man-made sword, I am a fish and meat, Luan drove to Shanxi recently, and the telegram urging him to go north came one after another. Do you want to be the traitor who is reviled by thousands of people? He recalled the old days, even though he wrote "I have suffered all the anger of the world, and I have nourished a spring in my chest." Even though he has a clear conscience in the world, when Ma Guan was in the middle of the road, looking at the indignant countrymen, how could he not be sad?

"Is there a way for my country to give up less benefits?" In particular, the subordinates were full of hopeful questions.

"Unpredictable! I can only work hard and postpone the years, but I don't know if I can do it? How many years do I have? One day monk day clock, the bell does not ring, and the monk is dead! ”

In 1900, Li Zhongtang stepped on the ship to the north, waved goodbye to the accompanying officials, his face was a little tired, and the wrinkles on his face were much deeper - Nortel was frequent, he was not as idle as foreign officials, all countries were entrenched in Beijing, **** burning, killing and looting, he couldn't sleep and eat every day, and when he slept yesterday, he still dreamed of seeing the greedy face of Wadsey at the negotiation table, and he was shocked in a few days, and in the face of a room of moonlight, he couldn't help but get up and sigh to himself......

After nearly a year of protracted negotiations, he was getting weaker and harder to deal with the coalition forces, he was physically and mentally exhausted, and he knew that his limit was not far off, so he took up the pen again.

"Fu Nianchen was the earliest, and the honor was the deepest, every time he thought of the difficult situation, he didn't dare to call himself a ...... of pain"

Lin Yizhe's ears resounded the desperate poem that Li Hongzhang made before his death!

"The labor cart and horse have not left the saddle, and the party knows that he will die. In the past 300 years, the country has been injured, and the people have been disabled 8,000 miles away. The autumn wind sword lonely minister tears, the sunset flag general altar. The overseas dust atmosphere is still there, please don't wait and watch! ”

As a person of later generations who was deeply influenced by the textbook's "mainstream view of history" and "Spring and Autumn Righteousness", Lin Yizhe, like many people, was once ashamed and angry at Li Hongzhang's "cowardice and incompetence" and "blindly betraying the country to seek glory". Lin Yizhe has been to Li Hongzhang's hometown of Hefei, Anhui Province many times, and several times, he has the desire to go to Li Hongzhang's former residence to see, but in the end he was unable to make the trip because it was not too strong. The root cause of this is probably this: because it was he who signed the "Treaty of Shimonoseki" and the "Xinchou Treaty" that humiliated the country, and so on, even if you don't look at the former residence of a "traitor", you may only increase your resentment and discourage your happiness if you see it.

Until one time, because of the abundance of time and curiosity, Lin Yizhe walked into a deep house with blue walls and tiles in the bustling market.

Stepping into the front hall, the walls of the week are full of pictures, texts and descriptions, there is a title that first attracted Lin Yizhe, he moved over to take a closer look, only to know that it is a sentence of Li Hongzhang's dying poem, recorded by his son Li Jingshu, Lin Yizhe read it, read it again, read it three times, and his emotions became heavy and complicated, and after a while, he actually cried for it. Ignoring the astonished gazes of those around him, he picked up his pen and paper, and copied the verses on his lap.

On that day, he wandered in front of Li Hongzhang's portrait, reciting this poem repeatedly, and he did not go for a long time.

A blurred face in the long river of history gradually became clear, and an image distorted by the world gradually became dignified.

Lin Yizhe kept asking himself: How much truth can the dust of time bury?

Vaguely, I seemed to see the helplessness and sadness of a loyal minister, and vaguely heard his long sad sigh.

"When you know that you will die!"

How much sorrow does he have to have in his heart to write such a poem?!

"In the past three hundred years, the country has been injured, and the people have been hanged eight thousand miles away!"

As a representative of the Qing court, he signed one unequal treaty after another, how much helplessness and desolation should he have in his heart?

For a long time, the Chinese have admired "rather for broken jade than for the whole tile", but how many people have seriously thought that a few words and a few words can solve the problem?

To some extent, "tile whole" is much more difficult than "jade shattering"!

It is true that an individual can be "perfected", but what about the survival of an entire nation when it comes to it?

In the face of the powerful ships and cannons of the East and the West, how weak and vulnerable is the dying Chinese civilization in the face of advanced Western science and technology? The huge impact of "changes unseen in 3,000 years" is unimaginable to future generations!

"Jade shattering" is certainly heroic, but what about after the millimile?

It takes someone like Li Hongzhang to compromise, clean up the mess!

"Autumn Wind Sword Lonely Minister's Tears, Sunset Banner Altar!"

Who would have thought that the lonely back of the sword-wielding man under the tree, the old man with tears in his face, was doing his best to love his country. Who would have thought of the sadness and helplessness behind the "Autumn Wind Sword Lonely Minister's Tears"?

When his old subordinate, Zhou Fu, the political envoy of Zhili, rushed to Xianliang Temple when he heard the news, Li Hongzhang was already in a dying state of being able to respond to his speech. It was postponed to noon the next day, and this old minister, who had served the country and the people all his life, was staring at each other. Zhou Fu cried and shouted: "What kind of mind does the old master can't let go of, can't bear to go? The public office has not done anything, and my generation can do it. Please feel free to go! Li Hongzhang's lips suddenly moved, and he wanted to cry. Zhou Fu cried while touching his eyelids with his hands. Li Hongzhang's eyes just closed.

A generation of celebrities has come to an end!

Li Zhongtang didn't know that in his life, he wrote a good hand, recited a good poem, was a loyal minister, and a person with a clear conscience. But looking at the foreigners outside the door, he can't die without regrets!